Category Archives: Canada
Indigenous sterilization victims fear inaction as feds eye examination
OTTAWA - “Do you want them cut or burned?” Deb Ironbow says she was light-headed, powerless and strapped to an operating table when a doctor asked her how he should proceed with her tubal ...
Dec 18, 2018
Emergency task force calls for safe supply of drugs in Vancouver to prevent ODs
Vancouver’s mayor says he will direct staff to look for a site where drug users can get safe opioids to prevent overdoses as part of a plan recommended by an emergency task force calling for mor...
Dec 18, 2018
New Brunswick government loosens requirement for bilingual paramedics
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s minority Tory government is eliminating the requirement that it provide bilingual paramedics in every part of Canada’s only officially bilingual province. The...
Dec 18, 2018
Armed forces avoided using Norman's name, left no record trail: witness
OTTAWA - A Canadian Forces member says his commanding officer appeared proud when he revealed last year that military officials had intentionally avoided using Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s name in...
Dec 18, 2018
Ottawa Senators owner Melnyk facing counterclaim for more than $1 billion
OTTAWA - The battle between Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk and business partner John Ruddy over a proposed new downtown arena has escalated. Ruddy and Trinity Development Group Inc., are seeking ...
Dec 18, 2018
Case of truck driver charged in Humboldt Broncos crash put over until new year
MELFORT, Sask. - The case of a Calgary truck driver charged in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has been adjourned until the new year. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is charged with 16 counts of dangerous driving...
Dec 18, 2018
Post office restores normal delivery times as mediated talks fail
OTTAWA - The restoration of delivery service guarantees by Canada Post - three weeks after striking postal workers were forced back to work - proves the shipment backlogs Ottawa used to justify legisl...
Dec 18, 2018
Former premier testifies about moments of 'stress' after Muskrat Falls sanction
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The former premier who sanctioned Newfoundland and Labrador’s controversial Muskrat Falls hydroelectric megaproject says she would have dropped the project if she though...
Dec 18, 2018
Dellen Millard gets third consecutive life sentence for father's death
TORONTO - Notorious triple killer Dellen Millard will likely spend the rest of his days in prison after a judge handed the Toronto man a third consecutive life sentence for murder on Tuesday, this tim...
Dec 18, 2018
Quebecer Andre Tamine sentenced to 8 years for Australian cocaine cruise plot
A Quebecer who pleaded guilty in Australia to smuggling cocaine aboard a luxury cruise ship has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. Andre Tamine, 65, was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Kate...
Dec 18, 2018